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|Army number=4456141
 
|Army number=4456141
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
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|Date of birth=Born County Durham - date not yet known.
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn, Iceland, Posted 8th Bn DLI, DIED of WOUNDS sustained with the 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 17/7/43.
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, probably mid-late 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939.  Served BEF?  Served IcelandPosted 8th Bn DLI.  Served Italy/Sicily.  DIED of WOUNDS sustained with the 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 17/7/43.
|Promotions=L/Cpl
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|Joined Brigade=Possibly 1/9/1939.
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|Promotions=L/Cpl.
 
|Died/Killed in action=17-Jul-43
 
|Died/Killed in action=17-Jul-43
|Home address=Research suggests Hutchinson was born in County Durham.  Common surname - not able to identify definitive family information. Buried Grave IV. C. 26.  Catania War Cemetery, Sicily.
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|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Common surname - not able to identify definitive family information. Buried Grave IV. C. 26.  Catania War Cemetery, Sicily.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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The DLI Roll of Honour has his date of death as 1/7/1943.  War Office casualty list shows the date as 7/43 with no day.  It is assumed that the CWGC date is more accurate.

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Name Hutchinson John
Army number 4456141
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham - date not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, probably mid-late 1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939. Served BEF? Served Iceland. Posted 8th Bn DLI. Served Italy/Sicily. DIED of WOUNDS sustained with the 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 17/7/43.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Possibly 1/9/1939.
Promotions L/Cpl.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 17-Jul-43
Home address Resident of County Durham. Common surname - not able to identify definitive family information. Buried Grave IV. C. 26. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily.
Source table 11DLI

The DLI Roll of Honour has his date of death as 1/7/1943. War Office casualty list shows the date as 7/43 with no day. It is assumed that the CWGC date is more accurate.